COPAFS is pleased to welcome three new members to its Board of Directors: Mark Mather, Peggy Carr, and Rob Santos. These accomplished leaders bring a wealth of experience in federal statistics, data user concerns, and a deep knowledge of the federal statistical system.
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We have joined the Association of Population Centers, @apduorg.bsky.social, @copafs.bsky.social, and @icpsr.bsky.social for this statement on the Department of Commerce's new order on Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products buff.ly/kofjV6m
Great interview with former BLS Commissioner Bill Beach. He discusses a career in and around public service, the work at The Fiscal Lab on Capitol Hill, and the fiscal outlook of the United States.
www.mercatus.org/macro-musing...
Friends of BLS supports the bipartisan AI Data Act. "Artificial intelligence is transforming work in real time, and policymakers need reliable, timely data to understand what is changing, where, and why," says Friends of BLS Co-Chairs.
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2026...
Concerning news regarding using DP for federal statistics (AKA public data). Coarsening or suppression will be the new privacy safeguards of choice. This has implications well beyond the Commerce Dept.
Joint Statement from @apduorg.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social @copafs.bsky.social & APC on new Disclosure Avoidance Rules from Commerce.
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BLS engages expert panels regarding missing Consumer Expenditure data. The panels are open to the public and will be held virtually on May 7th (NABE) & May 8th (CNSTAT). www.bls.gov/bls/bls-enga...
The Senate has scheduled the confirmation hearing for BLS Commissioner nominee, Brett Matsumoto, for Wednesday, June 10.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
An important white paper has just been released which explores the deleterious effect the firing of the BLS Commissioner on Aug 1, 2025 had on the U.S. economy. Reliable statistics matter! @ericagroshen.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w35135
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
The U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a confirmation hearing next Wednesday for Brett Matsumoto, the White House's nominee to head the Labor Department's Bureau...
www.reuters.com
BLS engages expert panels regarding missing Consumer Expenditure data
Washington, D.C. — Friends of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (FoBLS) today announced its support for the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Data Authorization and Transparency (AI DATA) Act of ...
NEW: The Trump administration is banning one of the Census Bureau's main ways of protecting the confidentiality of people's responses to the #2030Census and other surveys — added statistical "noise," or data for fuzzing survey results
www.commerce.gov/opog/disclos...
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
The concern is that this affects EVERYTHING.
RDC projects.
Special tabs.
Small area estimates.
Public microdata.
Block level 2030 census counts may not be possible.
2020 dp was annoying.
This is scorched earth on *everything.*
